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Commencement
of
Meadville Theological School
of Lombard College
Sunday, the 16th of May, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.
Meadville Lombard Website
meadville.edu/commencementPrelude
What Is Possible: Musical Meditation
by Francisco Ruiz
Processional
I Know I Can
by Jeanne Gagné and Dennis Hamilton, arr. by Mark Freund
Performed by LeLaina Romero and Francisco Ruiz; Carl Kennedy, pianist
Though days be dark with storms
And burdens weigh my heart;
Though troubles wait at ev’ry turn,
I know I can go on.
When sorrow heals my soul
And burdens make me strong,
Though troubles wait at ev’ry turn,
I know I can go on.
My family in my heart,
My friends in my song,
Though troubles wait at every turn,
I know I can go on.
And though the journey is long,
The destination is clear,
Though troubles wait at every turn,
I know I can go on.
So friends take my hand,
And family sing my song,
When hope awaits at every turn,
I know we will go on.
2Lighting the Chalice
The Reverend Teresa Schwartz
and The Reverend David Schwartz
Opening Words
Doctor Elías Ortega
Invocation
The Reverends Anya Sammler-Michael and Parisa Parsa
Choral Invocation
Meditation on Breathing
by Sarah Dan Jones, arr. and Spanish translation by Francisco Ruiz
Performed by Francisco Ruiz
When I breathe in,
I’ll breathe in peace.
When I breathe out,
I’ll breathe out love.
Breathe in, Breathe out,
Breathe in, Breathe out
Commencement Sermon
Ministry in a Tranforming Faith
The Reverend David Pyle
Offertory
The Reverend Jeanne Pupke
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3The Conferral of Honorary Degrees
Doctor of Humane Letters
Doctor Anthea D. Butler
Presented by The Reverend Doctor Nicole Kirk
Doctor of Divinity
The Reverend Roger B. Bertschausen
Presented by Doctor Mark A. Hicks
Doctor of Divinity
Ivanka Fišerová
Presented by Doctor Michael Hogue
Anthem
La Maza
By Silvio Rodriguez
Performed by Francisco Ruiz (vocals and percussion), LeLaina Romero (vocals), Carl
Kennedy (piano), and Brian Seeger (guitar)
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
Si no creyera en la locura If I didn't believe in madness
De la garganta del sinsonte of the mockingbird’s throat
Si no creyera que en el monte If I didn’t believe that in the mountains
Se esconde el trino y la pavura It hides the trill and the dread
Si no creyera en la balanza If I didn't believe in the scale
En la razón del equilibrio In the reason of balance
Si no creyera en el delirio If I didn't believe in delirium
Si no creyera en la esperanza If I didn't believe in hope
Si no creyera en lo que agencio If I didn't believe in what I wanted
Si no creyera en mi camino If I didn't believe in my path
Si no creyera en mi sonido If I didn't believe in my sound
Si no creyera en mi silencio If I didn't believe in my silence
Qué cosa fuera What would be
Qué cosa fuera, la maza sin cantera What would be the mallet without a quarry
Un amasijo hecho de cuerdas y tendons A mess made of ropes and tendons
Un revoltijo de carne con madera A jumble of flesh with wood
4Un instrumento sin mejores resplandores An instrument without better gleams
Que lucecitas montadas para escena What little lights mounted for the scene
Qué cosa fuera, corazón, qué cosa fuera What would be, sweetheart, what would be
Qué cosa fuera la maza sin cantera What would the mallet be without quarry
Un testaferro del traidor de los aplausos A figurehead of the traitor of applause
Un servidor de pasado en copa nueva A server of the past in a new cup
Un eternizador de dioses del ocaso An perpetuator of declining goddesses
Júbilo hervido con trapo y lentejuela an exaltation boiled with cloth and sequin
Qué cosa fuera, corazón, que cosa fuera What would be, sweetheart, what would be
Qué cosa fuera la maza sin cantera What would the mallet be without quarry
Qué cosa fuera, corazón, que cosa fuera What would be, sweetheart, what would be
Qué cosa fuera la maza sin cantera What would the mallet be without quarry
Si no creyera en lo más duro If I didn’t believe in the hardest
Si no creyera en el deseo If I didn't believe in desire
Si no creyera en lo que creo If I didn't believe in what I believe
Si no creyera en algo puro If I didn't believe in something pure
Si no creyera en cada herida If I didn't believe in every wound
Si no creyera en la que ronde If I didn't believe in what comes around
Si no creyera en lo que esconde If I didn't believe in what hides behind
Hacerse hermano de la vida Becoming a brother of life
Si no creyera en quien me escucha If I didn't believe in whoever listens to me
Si no creyera en lo que duele If I didn't believe in what hurts
Si no creyera en lo que quede If I didn't believe in what stays
Si no creyera en lo que lucha If I didn't believe in what we fight
Qué cosa fuera... What would be…
Presentation of Prizes
Doctor Mark A. Hicks
5Presentation of Candidates and Conferral of Degrees
Doctor Elías Ortega
and The Reverend Doctor Pamela Lightsey
Master of Arts in Religion
Jeffery Allen Carmichael
B.A., University of Maine at Presque Isle
Master of Arts in Leadership Studies
Adetokunbo Ayoade Ayinde Adeshile
B.A., Earlham College
Master of Divinity
Ali Kujichagulia Bell Charles Wayne Loflin
M.S.W., University of Central Florida B.A., Mississippi College
M.F.A., University of Louisville
Beyssa Buil
Jennifer Marie McCready
Dr. Omega Sunshine Burckhardt
B.A., Washington University in St. Louis Juniper E. Meadows
M.A., University of Kansas A.S., Pellissippi State
Ph.D., University of Kansas B.S., East Tennessee State University
Dayna Marie Edwards Jennifer Raffensperger
Monica Katheryne Kling-Garcia Elliot Snider
B.A., Cardinal Stritch University B.A., Willamette University
M.A., University of Bristol M.B.A., University of California San Diego
Miranda Fey Lennox Dr. Laura E. Solomon
B.A., Goucher College
Psy.D., Wright State University
Spoken Prayer
The Reverend Julie Taylor
6Choral Prayer
Yo Vengo a Ofrecer mi Corazon
by Fito Páez
Performed by Francisco Ruiz
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
¿Quién dijo que todo está perdido? Who said everything is lost?
Yo vengo a ofrecer mi corazón I come to offer my heart
Tanta sangre que se llevó el río So much blood that the river took
Yo vengo a ofrecer mi corazón I come to offer my heart
No será tan fácil, ya sé que pasa It won't be that easy, I know what happens
No será tan simple como pensaba It won't be as simple as I thought
Como abrir el pecho y sacar el alma How to open the chest and take out the soul
Una cuchillada del amor A stab of love
Luna de los pobres siempre abierta Moon of the poor always open
Yo vengo a ofrecer mi corazón I come to offer my heart
Como un documento inalterable Like an unalterable document
Yo vengo a ofrecer mi corazón I come to offer my heart
Y uniré las puntas de un mismo lazo And I will join the ends of the same loop
Y me iré tranquilo, me iré despacio And I'll go easy, I'll go slowly
Y te daré todo y me darás algo And I'll give you everything and you'll give
Algo que me alivie un poco más me something
Something to ease me a little more
Cuando no haya nadie cerca o lejos
Yo vengo a ofrecer mi corazón When no one is near or far
Cuando los satélites no alcancen I come to offer my heart
Yo vengo a ofrecer mi corazón When the satellites don't reach
I come to offer my heart
Y hablo de países y de esperanzas
Hablo por la vida, hablo por la nada And I speak of countries and hopes
Hablo de cambiar esta, nuestra casa I speak for life, I speak for nothing
De cambiarla, por cambiar nomás I'm talking about changing this, our house
To change it, to change it just
¿Quién dijo que todo está perdido?
Yo vengo a ofrecer mi corazón Who said everything is lost?
I come to offer my heart
7Charge to the Graduates
Monica Kling-Garcia and Elliot Snider
Class of 2021
Recessional
Turn the World Around
by Harry Belafonte and Robert Freedman, arr. by Jason Shelton
Performed by LeLaina Romero; Carl Kennedy, pianist
We come from the fire, living in the fire,
go back to the fire, turn the world around.
We come from the water, living in the water,
go back to the water, turn the world around.
We come from the mountain, living on the mountain,
go back to the mountain, turn the world around.
Whoa, so is life! Ah, so is life!
Whoa, so is life! Ah, so is life!
Whoa, so is life! Abateewah, so is life!
Whoa, so is life! Abateewah, so is life!
Whoa, so is life! Abateewah, (ha!) so is life!
Whoa, so is life! Abateewah, (ha!) so is life!
Do you know who I am? Do I know who you are?
See we one another clearly? Do we know who we are?
Water make the river, river wash the mountain,
Fire make the sunlight, turn the world around.
Heart is of the river, body is the mountain,
Spirit is the sunlight, turn the world around.
We are of the spirit, truly of the spirit,
Only can the spirit turn the world around!
8Thank you to all participants
from the Meadville Lombard Board of Trustees
Online Ceremony Production
Mainstream Media, LLC, Chicago
Music
Martha Swisher
Meadville Lombard Commencement Planning Committee
Barbara Baldwin, Faysha Crosbie, Tomo Hillbo,
Elena Maria Jimenez, Evy Lipecka, Kay Watson
Barbara Baldwin Ivanka Fišerová
Commencement Planning Committee Minister, International Unitarian Church of Prague,
Development and Finance Assistant Czech Republic
Meadville Lombard Theological School
Doctor Mark A. Hicks
Lesley Barnett Angus MacLean Professor of Religious Education
Producer Director of the Fahs Collaborative
Mainstream Media, LLC, Chicago Meadville Lombard Theological School
Angela Bour Tomo Hillbo
Technical Director Commencement Planning Committee
Mainstream Media, LLC, Chicago Director of Communications
Meadville Lombard Theological School
Isaiah Briscoe
Associate Technical Director Doctor Michael Hogue
Mainstream Media, LLC, Chicago Professor of Theology, Ethics, and Philosophy of Religion
Meadville Lombard Theological School
The Reverend Roger B. Bertschausen
Executive Director, Unitarian Universalist Elena Maria Jimenez
Partner Church Council Commencement Planning Committee
Interim Minister, First Unitarian Society Registrar
of Madison, Wisconsin Meadville Lombard Theological School
Doctor Anthea D. Butler Carl Kennedy
Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Africana Keyboardist
Studies, University of Pennsylvania
The Reverend Doctor Nicole Kirk
Faysha Crosbie Frank J. and Alice Schulman Professor of
Commencement Planning Committee Unitarian Universalist History
Academic Services Assistant Meadville Lombard Theological School
Meadville Lombard Theological School
9Monica Katheryne Kling-Garcia LeLaina Romero, Ph.D.
Class of 2021 Counseling Psychologist, Educator, Singer/Songwriter
Meadville Lombard Theological School
Francisco Ruiz
The Reverend Doctor Pamela Lightsey Director of Music, Unitarian Universalist Church
Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs of Long Beach, California
Associate Professor of Constructive Theology
Meadville Lombard Theological School The Reverend Anya Sammler-Michael
Co-Chair, Board of Trustees
Evy Lipecka Meadville Lombard Theological School
Commencement Planning Committee
Director of Development The Reverend David Schwartz
Meadville Lombard Theological School Senior Co-Minister, First Unitarian Church of Chicago
Saylor Martin The Reverend Teresa Schwartz
Preproduction Associate Senior Co-Minister, First Unitarian Church of Chicago
Mainstream Media, LLC, Chicago Brian Seeger
Beth Norber Guitarist
Associate Producer Elliot Snider
Mainstream Media, LLC, Chicago Class of 2021
Doctor Elías Ortega Meadville Lombard Theological School
President Martha Swisher
Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Leadership Music Director, Unity Temple
Meadville Lombard Theological School Unitarian Universalist Congregation
The Reverend Parisa Parsa The Reverend Julie Taylor
Co-Chair, Board of Trustees Senior Director of Contextual Ministry
Meadville Lombard Theological School Meadville Lombard Theological School
The Reverend Jeanne Pupke Kay Watson
Senior Minister, First Unitarian Universalist Church Commencement Planning Committee
of Richmond, Virginia Executive Assistant to the President
The Reverend David Pyle Meadville Lombard Theological School
Regional Lead, UUA MidAmerica Region
United States Army Reserve Hospital Chaplain
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10Social justice work requires deep roots of compassion for it to
blossom as sustained societal change. That is why our work —
nurturing and cultivating the transformation of those who have
been called to serve as socially engaged, spiritually grounded
leaders of communities — is essential in our world.
Your gift to Meadville Lombard is a direct action of social justice.
Let us grow roots of
compassion, together!
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